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Title:

Staying local-antigen presentation in the liver.

Document type:
Journal Article; Review; Review
Author(s):
Knolle, Percy A
Abstract:
The liver is known as organ with unique immune competence. Besides its unique microenvironment that is determined by gut-derived portal venous blood constituents and the presence of enzymes with immune regulatory properties, liver antigen presenting cell populations regulate antigen-specific immunity in a local fashion. In addition to bone marrow-derived dendritic cells and myeloid cells such as macrophages and monocytes, also truly liver-resident cell populations function as antigen presenting...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Curr Opin Immunol
Year:
2016
Journal volume:
40
Pages contribution:
36-42
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.coi.2016.02.009
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26974478
Print-ISSN:
0952-7915
TUM Institution:
Roman Herzog Comprehensive Cancer Center
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